Miss USA Crowned At South Padre Island Pageant
TEXAS A 22 year old junior at the University of Southwestern Louisiana was crowned Miss USA on Friday night on South Padre Island Ali Landry Miss Louisiana USA beat out 50 other contestants and was crowned by Shanna Moakler First runner up Danielle Boatwright Miss Kansas USA Second runner up Becca Lee Miss Tennessee USA The 22 year old from Breaux Bridge La said she plans to continue work with Women Helping Others Foundation to support health education and wellness concerns for women and children.
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Justice Dept finds no proof in Wenatchee sex ring case
The Justice Department said there was insufficient evidence of criminal wrongdoing by police or prosecutors in the Wenatchee area sex ring investigation. Prosecutors charged 28 adults with involvement since 1988 as authorities said dozens of children were raped or molested. Critics claimed coercion and bullying by officials.
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Arctic blast shatters chilly records in Midwest towns
In Tower Minnesota the temperature plunged to 60 below zero as the Arctic front battered the region. Minnesota and Wisconsin saw extreme lows and power outages while Louisiana and the South faced ice, sleet, and deadly weather. Zookeepers thawed animals with lighters and residents described freezing eyelashes and boiling water creating snow clouds. The century-old minus 59 degree record in Tower nearly fell as a banana was used to pound nails in a sensational display.
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Unemployment rate climbs to 5.8 percent after January blizzard
The January East Coast blizzard pushed the unemployment rate to 5.8 percent, with payrolls down 201,000. Labor officials caution against drawing firm conclusions from the storm disrupted data, noting 10 million workers were affected by bad weather. Manufacturing and retail lost jobs while construction rose in California. auto plants shut temporarily due to high inventories.
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Simpson Denies Abuse Claims In OJ Deposition
OJ Simpson testifies under oath in a wrongful death suit over Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. He alleges his ex wife fabricated domestic violence claims to undermine their prenuptial agreement and describes several contradictions about his whereabouts, injuries, and flight from arrest during the case.
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Mass graves uncovered in Bosnia Jajce
UN investigator Manfred Nowak tours grim Jajce sites where skeletal remains and clothing surface from 1992 mass graves. Officials say victims were Bosnian Croats killed when a Serb shell struck a truck, with potential later executions. Nowak in humanitarian mission to identify every individual for families.
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Online program lineup for major computer services
A rundown of Monday to Tuesday online talks and chats across AOL Prodigy MSN and CompuServe featuring Dr Dean Ornish Peter Lynch Andrew Shetland Julia Sweeney Tom Gardner Sam Roberts Joshua Redman Joanna Kerns Christine Brennan and Terry Anderson with topics from heart disease reversal stock tips cartoons acting skating and journalism. The Journal World site ljworld com is promoted as the daily online hub with a 6 a m update.
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Municipal golf course could run on user fees poll says
FRIDAYS ACCESS POLL RESULTS report unclear voter view as callers were few. Readers were asked if a municipal golf course can operate on user fees only with options to vote yes or no via the J W Access number.
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